Robert Swindells’ Stone Cold
largely takes place on the
streets of London and focuses

presentations from all
the main charities

in particular on the places

who work with the

that homeless people

homeless in order to

9.

help them decide

10.

congregate. Indeed the
overarching concern of
Swindells’ novel seems to be

which charity to give

the plight of the homeless.

the money to. Your

Having looked at the context

task is to research a

in which Swindells wrote the
novel we know that
homelessness was a very real
concern for the people of
London in the 1990s. With the

homeless charity
and prepare a group
presentation to

recent economic downturn

persuade the

may people are unable to find

Commission to give

work and unable to access

your charity the

services- from here it can be a
small slide into homelessness.

£150,000.

SHP

THERE ARE VARIOUS CH
ARITIES
WHICH HELP THE HO
MELESS.
SOME ARE LISTED ABOV
E- SELECT
AN ACTUAL CHARITY
TO
SUBMIT YOUR PRESEN
TATION
FROM AND INCLUDE
SOME
RESEARCH ON WHAT
THAT
CHARITY DOES FOR TH
E
HOMELESS AND WHA
T IT NEEDS
TO CONTINUE PROVID
ING ITS
SERVICES.

STEP ONE

STEP TWO

STEP THREE

• Select and research a charity
from the list provided.

• Think back to the work you
completed on persuasive writing
in Women Speak Up!l and plan
the structure of your talk.

• Organise any visual aids to
accompany the presentation.

• Using the information you
collect, decide which information
you will include in your
presentation.

• Produce a script of the talk,
remembering that your aim is to
persuade.

• Film and submit your
presentation.

STONE COLD

Character

This section will
ask you to take an in
depth look at the
characters in Robert
Swindells’ novel

CHARACTERISATION
One of the ways composers create interesting and
engaging texts is through characterisation.Writing
about characterisation means you need to think
Ensure you use
about what the set of characters in your text are
full sentences in
your responses
like, and it is really important to demonstrate how
you know what the characters are like. Look at
what characters say (dialogue) and what they do
(action). How are they described by the author, or narrator, and how they are seen by other characters? Consider what happens to them at the end of their story.
Link
pages 3-6
• How old is Link when his father leaves home?
• List three opinions that Link holds about Vince.
• How does Link think his mum has changed since meeting Vince? • What are some of the reasons why Link leaves home?
pages 8-10
• What problems does Link encounter as a homeless person in Bradford? • Why is Link unable to stay with his sister Carole?
• On page 9, Link says that leaving Bradford is, “sad and scary”. What are the reasons to be a) sad? b) scared?
• Why does Link’s experience of Christmas make him determined to leave for London?

Shelter
Daily Routine Orders 3
• What is Shelter’s opinion of the homeless people in London? • Shelter tells a homeless boy, “I’d change you, my lad, if I had you in khaki for six weeks.” What does he mean by this?
• We discover that Shelter is forty seven towards the end of this extract. What clues are you given about his age before this?
• Shelter had been discharged from the army “on medical grounds”. Basing your answer on the last two paragraphs of...

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